Is Leclerc Celebration Caramel Truffle Cookies ultra-processed?

Biscuits Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose

33 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed biscuits

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Ingrédients (Chocolat au lait, sucre), beurre de cacao, liqueur de chocolat, substances laitières, lecithine de soya, vanilline, Farine de blé enrichie, Garniture au caramel (glucose (ultra-processing marker), cassonade, sucre, huile de noix de coco et, ou de soya hydrogénée, eau, substances laitières modifiées, sel, arôme artificiel, lécithine de soya), Sucre, Beurre, Sel, Bicarbonate de Sodium, Arôme artificiel, Lécithine de soya, Contient (Lait), Soya, Bié, Peut contenir (Arachides), Noix

As written on the pack

Ingrédients: Chocolat au lait (sucre, beurre de cacao, liqueur de chocolat, substances laitières, lecithine de soya, vanilline), Farine de blé enrichie, Garniture au caramel (glucose, cassonade, sucre, huile de noix de coco et/ou de soya hydrogénée, eau, substances laitières modifiées, sel, arôme artificiel, lécithine de soya), Sucre, Beurre, Sel, Bicarbonate de Sodium, Arôme artificiel, Lécithine de soya. Contient: Lait, Soya, Bié. Peut contenir: Arachides, Noix.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 287th. 83% of the biscuits here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0064042007151, last edited 24 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.